An electromechanical item which accepts and systematically retains digital input data in such a manner as to facilitate the rapid recovery of stored information. The item may or may not consist of disk(s) some of which are removable, hard, removable disk packs, fixed disks, or removable flexible, each surface coated with a material susceptible to spot magnetization, integral writing, a drive motor and its mechanical linkage, and data translating heads for impressing on or removing from the disk surface data in digital form. the item is a component of an electronic computer. see also, magnetic drum, data storage; core memory unit.
Classification: Other storage units, nesoi
NSN 2925-01-239-6044
NSN 5960-01-420-4744
NSN 6220-01-461-0304
NSN 5835-01-143-9143
NSN 6150-00-222-7934
NSN 6105-00-491-1180
NSN 6105-01-399-0695
NSN 5910-01-274-1278
NSN 5910-01-543-2804
NSN 6130-00-220-9655
NSN 5895-00-740-0386
NSN 5925-01-627-5810